My Lords, I ask the Minister for clarification. The noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, asked about the number of individuals; I guess it may be 24 million or 25 million. However, from what the Minister has said, the number of bank accounts subject to surveillance would be far greater than that. For example, I receive a state pension and am also a trustee of a small not-for-profit organisation; from what the Minister said, I would be caught, as would that organisation. Landlords and many others could possibly be added. It seems that the number of bank accounts would be far greater than the number of individuals. When he provides the data, can the Minister estimate how many bank accounts and transactions there might be?
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Sikka
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 22 April 2024.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
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